Two men from Basildon have been jailed after police seized a stash of money and cannabis during a property search.

Officers executed a warrant at David Glover’s home in Seaview Avenue in January 2016.

He wasn’t there but during the search they found a black holdall containing about £60,000 and around £10,000 hidden inside a footstool. When added to other cash found in the house, the total amounted to £73,370.

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Herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of around £17,330 was seized

Herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of around £17,330 was also found, along with scales and bags.

Glover was later arrested and interviewed. He denied the money in the holdall and drugs were his, however forensic tests showed his fingerprints were on bags of cannabis.

He claimed the cash in the footstool was his gambling money and the cannabis belonged to his friend Tony Cooper.

Cooper handed himself into police and claimed he had been staying at Glover’s house. He claimed he had stolen the cannabis from a van while he was out walking but didn’t know about the large sums of money.